Device for supporting neckwear and the like



UCL 5, 1954 w, R. L. ToRRANcE 2,690,844

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING NECKWEAR AND THE LIKE Filed DSC. 14, 1951 Patented Oct. 5, 1954 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING NECKWEAR AND THE LIKE William Robert Lincoln Torrance, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Application December 14, 1951, Serial No. 261,643

Claims priority, application Great Britain December 18, 1950 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved device by which neck ties or like neck-wear can be folded neatly for stowage in a travelling bag or for a like purpose, and in which when the device is removed from the hand bag or other suitable container the ties will depend neatly in substantially parallel lines from a suspending device. Another object of the invention is to improve the usefulness of the device by adapting the suspending device for ornamental or useful purposes such as e. g. fora mirror.

According to the present invention a device for supporting neck ties and like neck-wear comprises a plaque or frame with a hook or other suitable means at its upper part for suspending it from a suitable member and having depending from its lower side means for retaining in position a plurality of ties, the said means comprising a plurality of horizontal limbs over and between which the ties can be slipped so as to be suspended in a manner which enables them to be folded around the plaque or frame.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect drawings are appended hereto illustrating an embodiment thereof, and wherein,

Figure l is a front elevation showing the device as suspended.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 shows the device as stowed in a suitcase.

Referring to the drawings, the device shown comprises a rectangular frame I of wire supporting a plaque 2 which, on one side, may serve as a mirror and on the other side as an ornamental picture, the top of the frame having foldably secured to it a centre hook 3 by which it may be suspended from a rail or other suitable anchorage member.

Secured to the lower side of the frame and in normal co-planar relationship with the frame is a structure shaped to provide a plurality of horizontal rods between which can be slipped or sprung the ties 4 so that the ties will depend neatly therefrom. One arrangement suitable for this purpose comprises a length of wire 6 bent sinuously into two side-by-side symmetrical sets of horizontal rods or rails 'I between which the ties can be slipped or clipped so that two side-by-side sets of ties can be suspended from the device each being capable of individual removal or replacement.

The length of wire 6 can be extended from or secured at one end to the lefthand half of the lower edge of the frame I and Whilst being kept within this horizontal dimension bent sinuously backwards and forwards to provide the plurality of parallel horizontal limbs 'I in which at the outer bends there is provided a suicient gap to enable the median part of a tie to be slipped readily within each gap. The length of wire is then carried for the full width of the frame horizontally as at I and returned in a similar manner by sinuous bends to the remaining half of the lower part of the frame I and continued into or suitably attached t0 the frame I, thereby providing two side-by-side sets of retainers for a plurality of ties which can be individually supported in distinctive ones of the gaps between the folds of the wire.

If desired the ends of the wire may be permanently affixed in a non-relatively foldable manner to the base of the frame or may be engaged in loops so that they may fold backwardly over the back of the frame so as to reduce the effective height of the device when it is folded away. However, in the embodiment shown, the length of wire 6 is formed as a jointless continuity of the frame I by cranked upper parts 8, the vertical parts of which are continued each into a horizontal U- shaped bend 9 which joins the vertical parts I0 of the frame I so as to bring the parts I0 coplanar with the tie support 6. The upper ends of the parts I 0 are in turn merged into upper corner horizontal U-shaped bends II which are carried horizontally coaxially towards each other as at I2 across the face of the plaque 2 reverse to that along which the parts I0 lie. The parts I2 comprise the termini of the length of wire and are plugged into a sleeve or ferrule I3.

The hook 3 can be of the same gauge wire as the frame I and support 6 and is folded to double thickness as shown in Figure 2 with its ends bent into a horizontal plane away from each other to provide two arms I4 the free ends of which are flattened and rolled into eyes I5 embracing the parts I2 of the frame I so that, as shown in Figure 3 the hook 3 can be folded over against the plaque 2.

It will be seen that the plaque 2 can be slid downwardly into the frame I and firmly gripped in position without the necessity of having to provide additional fastening devices therefor. It is preferred to clip over the upper horizontal edge of the plaque a channel section metal or other suitable strip I6 to receive the wear and pressure of the eyes I5. A similar strip I'I can be aixed over the lower edge of the plaque to bear against the top limbs 1 of the tie support 6.

An advantage of the present device is that once the ties are in position they can be folded neatly around the frame without removal from the support 6 as shown in Figure 3, and when the device is suspended, e, g. for use as a mirror, the ties will depend neatly from the various clips as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting a plurality of neck ties and the like comprising a length of wire joined together at its ends to for-m an endless element, a plurality of sinuous bends formed in the length of wire between its ends, said sinuous bends being formed as two symmetrical sets each embodying a plurallty of narrowly spaced horizontal limbs with both sets arranged in a common plane, said sets of sinuous bends being bent from the uppermost limbs thereof into vertical side frame elements which in turn Iare bent at their ends remote from said sets of sinuous bends into coaxial opposed horizontal terminal parts of the length of wire comprising the top frame part, means joining said terminal parts together, and a hook member connected to said top frame part.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said hook member is pivoted to said upper frame part to fold over between the top and bottom of the frame.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal span of the said two sets of sinuous bends is substantially equal to the width of the frame and the sinuous bends are brought close together at their opposed ends.

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